Abstract: Passive Control of the unstable characteristics of a high specific speed diagonal-flow fan has been proposed. It is possible to eliminate the unstable characteristics of the pressure-flow rate ...

Abstract: Experimental investigations on the effect of inlet turbulence and flow distortion on the performance of a monoplane and a biplane Wells turbine are reported. The performance of biplane Wells ...

Abstract: Data from Wells turbine tests are correlated with two-dimensional aerofoil data. The correlations show that the performance of the Wells turbine can be predicted from wind-tunnel data of aerofoils.

Abstract: This work investigated an air turbine with self-pitch-controlled blades operating in the airflow generated by an oscillating water column (OWC) under irregular wave conditions to determine turbine ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to report the effects of Reynolds number and hub-to-tip ratio on the performance of the impulse turbine for wave energy conversion. The turbine was investigated ...

Abstract: A Wells turbine for wave power conversion has hysteretic characteristics in a reciprocating flow. The counterclockwise hysteretic loop of the Wells turbine is opposite to the clockwise one of ...